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19 Cards in this Set
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Soliloquy |
Speaking one's thoughts aloud regardless of anyone else on stage |
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Monologue |
Speech presented by a character, most often to express thought aloud, sometime to address character or audience |
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Pun |
Form of word play that has two or more meanings of words or similar sounding words, intended for humorous effect |
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Aside |
Remark or passage by a character intended to be heard by audience but not other characters |
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Inversion |
Technique used in which the order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis |
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Tone |
Poet's attitude |
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Iambic pentameter |
Certain kind of line in poetry, has to do with the number of syllables in the line and the emphasis placed on those syllables |
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Personification |
Representing a nonhuman thing as if it were human |
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3 types of irony |
Verbal, situational, dramatic |
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Dramatic |
In a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not the characters |
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Alliteration |
Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words |
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Verbal |
Saying or writing something that coneys the opposite of the literal meaning |
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Situational irony |
A situation in whiz the actions have an effect that is opposite the intention |
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Hyperbole |
An exaggeration, not meant to be serious |
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Oxymoron |
Contradictory terms appear in conjunction (ex: pretty ugly) |
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Apostrophe |
The poet address and absent person, abstract idea, or a thing |
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Metaphor |
Word or phrase used to make a comparison between people, things, animals, or places |
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Allusion |
Expression designed to call something to mind by indirectly referencing it |
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Blank verse |
Poem with no rhyme but has an iambic pentameter |
